# NTSB Accident FTW02LA053
> **Ryan Navion A** · 2001-12-13 · Sierra Blanca, TX, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** FTW02LA053
- **Event ID:** 20011219X02419
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2001-12-13
- **Location:** Sierra Blanca, TX, USA
- **Coordinates:** 31.517778, -105.418609
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 2
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Ryan
- **Model:** Navion A
- **Registration:** N4530K
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NITE
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's inadverent VFR flight into instrument meteorological weather conditions which resulted in an in-flight collision with terrain.  Contributing factors were the night light conditions and the clouds.

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